n-body on the road, n-body on the beach. i feel it in the air, the summer’s out of reach.

empty lake, empty streets, the sun goes down alone. i’m driving by your house though i know you’re not home.

but i can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun. you got your hair combed back and your sungl-sses on, baby. and i can tell you my love for you will still be strong after the boys of summer have gone.

i never will forget those nights. i wonder if it was a dream. remember how you made me crazy, remember how i made you scream.

now i don’t understand what happened to our love. but, baby, when i get you back, i’m gonna show you what i’m made of.

but i can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun. i see you walking real slow and you’re smiling at everyone. and i can tell you my love for you will still be strong after the boys of summer have gone.

out on the road today i saw a black flag sticker on a cadillac. a little voice inside my head said: “don’t look back, you can never look back.”

i thought i knew what love was. what did i know? those days are gone forever. i should just let them go, but

but i can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun. you got that top pulled down, and that radio on, baby.

and i can tell you my love for you will still be strong, after the boys of summer have gone.

i can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun. you got that hair slicked back, and those wayfarers on, baby. and i can tell you my love for you will still be strong, after the boys of summer have gone.